The central nervous system does not minimize energy cost in arm movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2985-2994

  Kistemaker, Dinant A ^a   Wong, Jeremy D ^a   Gribble, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROBOTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78650876374     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00483.2010     Document Type: Article

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